"HEY!" Obito yelled again when the guy didn't react. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, FREAK?! COME OVER HERE, I'LL BASH YOUR HEAD IN!" He started walking towards us and Obito whispred, "Kakashi, go get Rin. I'll take care of him."

"You sure?"

"Just go, you stupid piece of crap!"

I groaned. "Fine. Be like that. If you die, it's not my fault." I then silently snuck around the bushes, and jogged over to the tree that Rin was tied to. She seemed to just be unconscious. I grabbed her shoulders and shook them vigorously. "Rin. Rin, wake up!"

"Hm?" She muttered, and her eyelids fluttered open. "Kakashi? What's going on?"

"Me and Obito came to rescue you." I pulled out a kunai and cut the ropes holding Rin to the tree.

"Obito? But he's-"

"Hey, guys." Almost on cue, he came trotted up behind me. "So Rin, ready to go?"

"Yeah." She stood up and stretched, then looked at Obito incredulously. "Obito! Your eyes!"

"Isn't it cool? I can now confirm that Kakashi has barely any chakra at all." He slapped me on the shoulder.

"We should get going," I muttered. "C'mon."

"Whatever you say, oh great and powerful leader," Obito laughed. Rin just smiled, clearly relieved that the tension between Obito and I was gone.

"Shut up." I headed back towards the large group of trees where I had come from. We ran then, hoping to make up for the time we lost when Rin was kidnapped. Soon, we reached a gorge. "Alright, we have to cross through here. Be careful, this place could be crawling with enemies."

Rin nodded and Obito sighed. "You're so paranoid."

"No I'm not. I'm actually just trying to save our butts." The three of us dropped into the chasm and listened for any sign of enemy activity. "Okay. Go slowly. I think it's clear, but…" We ambled slowly across the length of the gorge until I heard something. "Stop," I murmured, and started to make hand signs.

"Kakashi, what are you doing?" Rin asked.

"This guy's not a pushover. I can feel it." I grabbed my wrist, closed my eyes, and focused.

"Whoa. Just whoa," Obito gasped.

I opened my eyes and looked down at my hand, crackling with lightning-like chakra.

Chidori. My own jutsu.

"Kakashi, in front of you!"

I looked up to see an enemy ninja running towards me, winding up for a punch. I just smirked and ran at him as well. When he stuck his fist out, I ducked the punch and thrust my hand out, into his stomach. But it didn't connect. He hopped up and kicked me in the back, which sent my face right into the dirt and extinguished the Chidori. "Jeez," I growled, climbed to my feet, and spun around. Obito was attempting to fight off the man while Rin rushed over to me.

"Are you okay?!" She cried.

"I'm fine," I mumbled, and hurried over to help Obito. I pulled out my father's sword and slashed the foe across his back.

"ARGH!" he yelled, and fell into a heap on the ground. Obito gave me a thankful look.

"Thanks," he sighed tiredly.

"No problem. Rin!" I called over to her. "Let's move while he's down!" We started towards the other side of the gorge again, this time at a sprint.

"No you don't!" shouted the enemy as he regained his stability. Out of nowhere, he reappeared in front of us with a knife in his hand, then brought it down across my face.

"AUGH!" I shrieked when I felt it slice through my left eye.

"Kakashi!" My teammates cried. "Are you okay?!"

"Y-yeah, I g-g-guess." I shuddered. "I- I can't see out of it anymore."

"You!" Obito screamed and grabbed the kunai out of the enemy's hand, stabbing it into his chest. Again, he fell to the ground.

"Obito," Rin whispered. "I can't believe you…"

"Yeah. I was mad."

"Good job," I congratulated him.

"Let's go. Who knows if he's actually dead." Obito taking leadership? He really had changed. Only a few seconds later, the walls of the gorge started to shake, and pieces of rock started to fall. Apparently, someone was watching us.

"RUN!" I yelled.

We dashed across the gorge as fast as we could. All of a sudden, a small piece of rock hit me on the left side of my head. Great, I thought. I guess that'll be happening a lot. I collapsed helplessly as a huge boulder came down towards me. I guess… I guess this is it…

Then I woke up, unharmed and still alive. Rin was standing in fron of me with tears streaming down her face. "What?" I asked. She shook her head and continued looking past me. Oh no, I thought. Please, please don't let it be what I think. I stood up, shaking, turned around and wanted to die when I saw I was right.

In my place under the boulder was my best friend.